SPNS project that developed tools to improve coordination among HIV and behavioral health/substance use service providers.
Resources were developed by JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI), which was funded by HRSA to work with nine states participating in the initiative: Arizona, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Utah, Virginia, and Washington. JSI partnered with NASTAD to implement this initiative, with subject matter expertise from Boston Medical Center.
Components
- Terms describing key concepts and components of the HIV and opioid use disorder (OUD) care and treatment systems.
- Considerations for how state agency staff can develop and maintain an accessible, HIV and opioid use disorder (OUD) service inventory.
- Tool to support state health departments in identifying opportunities for enhanced coordination between HIV and OUD funding and service provision.
- Description of the role of peers in care for people with HIV and OUD and how a state’s Medicaid program can fund peer services.
- Guide on how to coordinate HIV/HCV treatment with substance use treatment and recovery.
- Tool for addressing stigma in relation to systems-level policies and practices that can improve individual level interventions.
- Description of two states' approaches to building and supporting an HIV and opioid use disorder (OUD) workforce and considerations for investing in a collaborative workforce.
- This library includes various substance use screening tools. These tools are intended to provide a valid and reliable snapshot of a client 's substance use, which may point toward a need for further assessment and specialized support.
- Discussion guide to elicit a conversation about language, stigma, and discrimination as a means of strengthening care systems.
